Supposedly the tools they used were limited to common house hold tools.
“Supposedly the tools they used were limited to common house hold tools.”
I suspect that the fake news lips are moving again.
These bollards have been deployed for going on twenty years.
They have been cut on rare occasions by cartels, but if they were vulnerable to common tools, they would be commonly breached - they are not. They have been virtually maintenance free in practice.
In San Diego, the old double barrier gets breached more than three times a day on average. Guys can hop the old landing mat fence, and cut through the main fence with battery powered tools, in two minutes - often before Border Patrol can respond (they also stage diversions to draw away responders, or just watch for openings, like shift change).
With bollards, Border Patrol would have time for a picnic waiting for folks to cut through. The spark show would light up the night.
Also, since bollards have been in use for some time, specifications have been refined. A different composition of steel can have dramatically different performance than another type of steel. One type of concrete filling can be three times as hard as another. A different type of rebar inside the concrete can further complicate/sabotage the choice of saw blades.
Bollards are tough and proven.
Even when they are breached, they are relatively easier to detect, and relatively quick/simple/cheap to repair.